Hi, Thanks for popping in today. I hope you enjoy your visit to my little crafty corner of the universe. Don't forget to leave a little love, while you're here & I'll pop over to your blog and do the same!

There will be a discount code and this will be displayed on the website - the code should be entered in to the discount code box at checkout. :)

Unfortunately postage is being applied to the orders, even digi's but don't worry - this is due to the software problems but all postage is refunded in full on all digi orders.So you now have the perfect excuse to pop on over, check out all Debbie's fab images & sentiments & snag your self a bargain! Think of it as a 3 for the price of 2.I've just finished my DT card for this Sunday's Challenge, sadly I can't share it with you now but I can let you have a sneaky peek!

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Don't forget to stop by the Crafty Pad Challenge Blog on Sunday too to find out this weeks winner & the new challenge theme! I know you'll all love this one!

Tuesday, 24 May 2011

I'm just back from a couple of days away & I thought I'd share with you a couple of my holiday snaps from Lindisfarne/Holy Island! Oh no, I won't bore you with them all, just a quick peek at this beautiful tranquil little piece of England! (I don't believe it's very tranquil through the day during the school hols!)

This is the Castle, closed on Monday's Ooopsy Oh well we can go back another time!

This is the priory from the Heugh

This is a seal who popped his head up to see what we were up to!

We went down early to the causeway to watch the tide going out!

This was it when we crossed!

There was a huge queue of traffic waiting to cross onto the island when we left!

Now, while I'm here, I see Leesa, AKA The Navy Wife has joined my merry band of Friends & followers!

I work with Leesa on The DT at The Crafty Pad Challenges, her work is awesome! Leesa also helps out on the fabby Feline Playful Blog where they list lot's of Challenges, Blog Candy's & Blog Hops! Do pop over to her blog, you will not be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed a little look at the sights!

The Challenge is a sketch, mixed media, so it can be a card, canvas, layout or anything else you can apply it to!

We were given the choice of two sketches to work from

I chose the first one. We also had the choice of two sets from The Cutting Cafe' who are sponsoring the challenge,"It's About That Time" & "One Spring Day"

I chose "It's About That Time" as you may have already noticed as

over at Daring Cardmakers the challenge this week is to be inspired by the song Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol ( Let's waste time chasing cars around our heads..........)

I chose the clock image & the large circle sentiment from the set.

I don't have a cutting machine, so I relied on just my trusty scissors & dies.

As the clock face was black, I was inspired to use black & white for my card!

The papers I have used are Dovecraft, they're called Charcoal Prints by Sandra Ranarison & they have been in my stash for ever!

(One of my resolutions at New Year was to try to use up some of my old stash this year & I think I'm doing okay so far!)

I cut out the clock face using my trusty decoupage scissors. The circle sentiment was cut using a scalloped circle nestie & then my Nellie's frame die.

I used black card to back the cut out circle & mounted the clock face in the centre with foam tape.

I followed the sketch & added some lace. I then mounted the sentiment on foam tape to give added dimension.

The other sentiment was from a sheet of peel off's that just appeared from nowhere when I was working! Must've been in between some papers or something! I thought the phrase went perfectly with my card so I stuck it to some white card, matted & layered onto more black & white card & mounted on foam squares.

To finish I added some large self adhesive gems.

I decided to decorate the inside of the card a little, It's just a little bit more interesting than a plain insert!

Thanks for looking, I do hope you like it.

Have you noticed, there's not a Promarker in sight! lol

Pop on over to Quirky Crafts & join in with the challenge if you have time! Don't forget to check out the DT blogs too & leave them some love!

The image is coloured with Promarkers &amp; cut out with a nestie.
I added glitter to the wings & the centre of the daisies.
As you can see I opted for an Easel Card! I love making these!

The base of the easel card was made using an A4 sheet of white textured card which I scored &amp; folded it in half then cut into a square. I cut a square the same size from another sheet for the card front.

I cut 2 smaller squares from plain coloured card then another 2 slightly smaller again from my design paper.

I matted the paper squares onto the plain card then wrapped a length of daisy edging lace around each piece.

I then attached these to the card base &amp; front.

I used the sentiment ticket, also from The Crafty Pad, which I coloured with promarkers & added some glitter to, for the stop!

I added some flowers which were a bit glittery too!

Thanks for popping in! I hope you like it!

Don't forget to join in the Lace &amp; Bows Challenge if you have the time! I have a feeling that this one is going to be very popular indeed!

Ooopsy, nearly for got to say a big welcome & a wave to Shawne my latest blogging buddy & follower! Thank you so much for joining us! I hope you'll stop by Shawne's Blog if you get a chance!